Boot-strap



(No Modem J.B.BEL0HER.

BOOT STRAP.

No. 263,465; Patented Aug. 29, 1882.

N, PETERS. Pnbmumo m UNITED STATES JOHN B. BELGHER, OF CHARLOTTE,MICHIGAN.

BOOT-STRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,465, dated August29, 1882.

Application filed June 14, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN B. BELOHER, ofCharlotte, in the county of Eaton and State of Michigan, haveinvented anew and Improved Boot-Strap 5 and I do hereby declare the same to bedescribed in the following specification and represented in theaccompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of aboot-leg provided with my improved straps, and Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5represent the two parts of which the strap is composed, and alsoillustrate the method of manufacture.

This invention relates to animprovementin boot-straps with specialreference to indiarubber boots, the object being to make a strap havingthe shape of an oblong loop supported by two additional attaching-strapsfrom the top, which greatly add to its strength and usefulness; and theinvention consists in the construction as hereinafter described.

I first take a piece of strong cord, A, as in Fig. 2, ofthe requiredlength, and saturate and coat it with rubber cement, or cover it with acombination of rubber and fabric its entire length. I then form cord Ainto the oblong loop interlaced or joined at its upper end, as shown inFig. 3. I next takea strong piece of prepared fabric and rubber, B, ofrequired dimensions, (represented in Fig. 4,) and wind it tightly aroundcord A at the place where it is interlaced or j oined, for the purposeof strengthening and more smoothly and securelyuniting the cord at thisplace, as illustrated in Fig. 5. The two extreme ends, extendingdiagonally,

constitute the additional attaching straps or supports 0 (3. Thiscompletes the strap. It is applied to the boot by being placed betweenthe outer part of the boot and its lining, with the end of the loop atwhich cord A is united extending sufficiently high above the top of theboot-leg to allow the insertion of the finger in pulling on the boot,the material of which the strap is composed being of such a nature as tocause it to permanently adhere to the parts of the boot when vulcanizedin the usual manner. The lower portion of the loop, forming the twocentral attachments and possessing great strength,isless liable to pulloutthan when single or disconnected below the top of the boot, aspreviously used, while the attaching straps O O serve to strengthen andbrace it, and render it unnecessary to have the at taching parts wherethey enter the boot so large as to produce an unsightly bunch, as doother straps having a less number of attaching parts.

I claim- An improved boot-strap oonsistin g of a suitable cord formedinto aloop, having the upper portion doubled or interlaced, as shown,and covered with a prepared fabric, the free ends of the loop formingadditional attaching-straps, fall substantially as and for the purposeset orth.

JOHN B. BELGHER.

Witnesses:

JOHN 0. FILE, L. 0. SMITH.

